Who is Abdulrahman Alfozan? OpenAI engineer arrested by FBI for planting recording device in conference room

What happened: The US DOJ said OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan was arrested on 9 October and charged with using a device to intercept oral communications, after a hidden recorder was found in an executive conference room. Key numbers: Device found around 30 September, believed placed around 28 September; Alfozan arrested 9 Why it matters: FBI Director Kash Patel said the device allegedly sought sensitive communications about OpenAI's superintelligence technology. OpenAI said it fired him and saw no indications of inappropriate access to model weights, source code, or customer data.

OpenAI engineer arrested by FBI for planting recording device in conference room.

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